Police cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at the University of Chicago on Tuesday as tension ratcheted up in standoffs with demonstrators at other college campuses around the U.S. — and increasingly, in Europe. Nearly three weeks into a movement launched by a protest at Columbia University, the Rhode Island School of Design held talks with protesters occupying a building, and MIT dealt with a new encampment on a site that was cleared but immediately retaken by demonstrators.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was criticized for flying to California on a planned trip Tuesday ahead of a "catastrophic" winter storm projected to blast through the Lone Star State this weekend....
U.S. immigration authorities approved a voluntary departure request from a suspect in a $100 million jewelry heist, allowing him to self-deport to Ecuador and avoid trial....
Inflation in the United States could climb above 4% this year, according to a new analysis by Adam Posen of the Peterson Institute and Peter R. Orszag of Lazard....